Reviews

This film is not worth watching. I thought I was going to see an interesting reflection about the cultural differences between Quebec and Ontario. What I saw is more like a B action movie, trying to be humorous at times but not managing to decide whether it takes itself seriously or not. At times, it has the nerve to attempt some cliché' emotional scenes which don't work at all. The plot goes nowhere and it gets more and more improbable.

Even the effects and music don't save the movie. Don't waste your time going to watch it ! If you are interested in seeing a film that says something interesting about Quebec and the Quebecois, go watch "Montreal-Quebec", "La face cachee de la lune" or "Un crabe dans la tete".

And if you are into suspense and action movies just try another one.

I went to see this film based on the favourable comments from other Imdb users but I hated it. I am a foreigner living in Brazil and I can tell you that if I saw Brazil the way the director does, I would be on the next plane out of here. I thought the film was insulting, showing the misery in the most degrading and despising way. I am not denying of course that this misery exists but I don't think that the lower class is as repugnant as the film wants to portray it. Religious beliefs, which probably helps a lot of poor people cope with a harsh reality, is shown as a superficial veneer on top of some badly repressed bestiality. In the middle of a film which portrays all its characters as a bunch of near animals, there is a shot where a man is reading a book by Nietzsche. Was this irony? A "clin d'oeil" of the director to his middle class audience? I didn't know what to make of this.

There have been some really good brazilian films lately (eu,tu,eles, central do Brasil,...) but this is not one of them. In fact it seems like a return to the really crap 70s brazilian films where compulsive swearing, unrealistic emotional intensity from beginning to end and any excuse to show a woman's pubic hair were the main ingredients.

I went to see this movie without reading reviews because I associated the name Woody Allen with some minimum quality of film. I left thinking that WA has lost his touch and must be badly in need of money to be willing to tarnish his career with this junk. It's bad quality all over: the story, the acting, and there are many scenes where you can see the microphone at the top of the screen! The film is as bad as the film in the film. Maybe that is the idea. If it is, it is not a very good one either.